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Aug. 31, 1943. A. L. RosENMuNb BOX Filed Aug. 23, 1940 INVENTOR Alfred L. Rosenmund B ATTO R N EY v e e d e r V V refer: hasj ::-prmanehtly sh pe du anyone end 2 agn eyeflelamp'ing thereima -supfiee The l eyil; ay; he pertxjzgnenthyg secured r tweldingqt'he' idquble thichiess theub'an jaLCeI it 1 ig.4;is 'a perspective VIe pf a 'meEaIguard, t V I jqr leekin'gthe band or stxap aftei jit;has ibeefi j manenqly secured thefeto preferably by spot, Q r ,1 tensionedeboutthe bbxL I L- E welding. I; f 3 Fig-5 isij an end view ofia, field boxjshowing a 2Q As ,ishjown in Figs; 5 1 and .8, the "reenfojrein g j 'reenforcing bendliroperlypqsitioned thereabout bandsl ythreeef which are illustrated (Fig';.. 8 and ready to be tensidned and locked, re of: a sufficient length -t paisspohipletely 1 t j Figqfii s anlenlarged cqrner view'taken Onlthe around the field'box plus agenerous cverlapping v tunes-mm Fig.5, showing a bettom *comer of-theendsi ah d fi. (Asshown in Eig fi, the side.

elipl with the reenforci gban'd inserted thereinh L and bdttdm slatsbreferably are recessed to a- ..F1g.l 7 is e perspective-view of a.:-completed 1;; *sumcientj'depthtd allow thereenforcingfbands buckle fastening 01 the reenforlcing bandfi I j t I to restin the recess withtheir outerij su'rfaces 8 is -a, perspective ViB W Qf thefi'eld box, flushyvith that of the-jislatshThflrecSsfalsoh fshowihg the reen tercing bjahds. te sioned t-heree preventshhy laterelfmbvem'eritofthereenform ,ebqut and secured by the bucklefastening, with mg bands I. The topcleatsd may be provided in two offthemhousedtand locked by metal gurds; f thehi ppbersurfece with a. groove!) of s'ufiicien't 'lheillustrativeifieldbqxisa-twwchmparttneht rwidthji and depth to {receive the reenforciilg container comprising twu selid ends ma'solidcenbands I. 1

v the; partition fb', and s latted sidesffc ."I'he-side 5 jTe prevent the reenforcin g bands II which are 1 slats c,are usually nailed 2hr stapledlto theehds a adjacehtthe'ends pfjthe Ifild box froxnslipping 1 gang the center partition 1). 'Iqpretectvthe f ruit 'offlthe bottdmicorners, ajmetal clip H) (shown in h when a. number of. fllledboxes are stacked one de'tai lyin Fig.3) issecured'to each bottom corner upon the other; a pleat dwith beveled ends may] 1 of the box, a'sgshown in, Figs. 5 and" 6. .The besecured tofthe top surface of "each end, 'qj and metal clip 10 is bent "atierightj angle, the; end 1 :qf the centef partitibn b; ;'lhe ends}; e te' par 40 ef'oneof its legsbeixig shaped in te 91 U to bro tition, and cleats are vusuallyconstructed10f t re vide'a 'chen ei ll g into which" the outesgedgeoff 1 sawn lumber: Theigsides lats mevbe of resavv'n Q ,th'e reenfQrcing band I; is J'inserted. The other 1 lumber or 'rotary-cut'veneen' T j leggftherrietal clip lfl rests adjacentthefinher Heretofore; ree forcing metal 'banqs'f'were 'p'p- 1 I surfaeejof the endand, by ieeins of a nail drivensitiqriedereundthe box, 'drawn tight, {and then: througha hole lz of the' clip andihto the end}; '"nailedat intervals through! the :sicleandhott'qm [themetal jc lip llljs seeure ly fastened inposition;

f slats and inte the ends or into" the. center par- As shown ih Figpfi the rjtop leats' d haveij a tition; This method of reenforeing was'unsatisportionteft their t top' surfa ce bu tl away,. whereby jfactory because it required removalof the nails 1 the buclgle ;fastening of,the reenforeing: ban dfl l' H i {whenever it becamejhecessery ,tQWIghten the may be positioned below thetop" surfacefof the j l ds-to -top c1eats 8. e

bands about thejbbxbr tdi'emove the;

ueh that-they majeesi ly secused they siredendthep, by svv1n81ng the endlfln thedI- is bent'lback upon'itself. I V, i .t

7 Among; other-advantages,- the invention inreduces the r rectionindicated by the arrow in Fig. 5 to the position shown in Fig. '1, the band I will be held under tension so long .as the end 2 remains in the r position "shown in Fig.i7. To hold the end 2 in locked or'closed position; a metal guard 13 is 'prol" vided. ,Asshown'in Fig.4, the guard 13 is adaptv ed to slide endwise over the cut-away portion of atop cleat d and-over the buckle 1 and the band end 2 to house the buckle fastening and hold it in locked position. The metal guards it have a portion :of one oi their sides open-, thereby pro-- viding a pair otflanges H which may engage the under side of the cleatdor enter grooves formed in the' cleat d.- Thefmetalrguards l3, two of whichare "shown properly positioned in Fig. 8', will prevent the end 2 of the buckle fastening from being-raised or bent back toward its initial features of the invention need not be used con;

Iclaimz v 1. In a field b'ox having top cleats, a releasable Vreenforcing metal bandsurrounding the box and overlying the top cleats under tension, abuckle secured to one end of the band, the other end of the band havinga hole formed'therein passing through the buckle andbent back upon the body of the band to hold" the band under tension,

[ea rid a detachable locking member overlying the buckle and the bent end'of the bandand connect- Led to atop' cleat to'lock the bent end of the band i in holding position; the sides of the box and-the holdit against lateral shifting.

position; Toloo s'en the reeniorcing band Iylthe metal guards l3 arerernoved, thus permitting: the

end 2 tobe bent back to initialposition to release. the band and r ernoiveit from the the tension on Itshouldbe noted that the metali of the reenforcing bands l; is sufiiciently flexible to permit the midi to be bent back uponjit'self pwithout' breaking,;whilenot flexible enough topermit the the end 2, to slip. onthe; buckle "l When the end 2 creases the lifBfOf the field boxes and eostof keeping them inrepair. :5;

and claimsis intended to incliidecrates;

Itwill beunderst'oodthat the invention is not to be 11imited to? the specificlembodiment, shown for purposesof illustration-and-that' all oii the gtop cleats being recessed to'receive the fband and V 2. In a field box; a releasable reenforcing metal band surrounding the Lbox under tension, a

bucklesecured to one end of the band, the other end of the band being passed through the buckle and-bent back'upon the body v of the band to hold member overlying the buckle and the bent end of the band under tension, and a detachable locking the band"and'connectedfto'the box' to lock the The word boxf;asusedinfthe;specificationv ben'tfend ofthe bandi'n"holding position."

3. Ina. field box, areleasalole reenforcing metal band surrounding thebox'under tension, one end Y :of the band being provided with an opening and 'j' the other end of the band being passed through said opening and bent back upon the body'of the band to holdthe band undertension, and a"detachable locking member overlying the bent, end

of the bandandconnected to the box to lock the bentlen'd of the band in holding position. b

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